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Description: | A broken cast copper-alloy mouth-piece from a post-medieval horse's snaffle bit. The bar has an incomplete loop, worn at the break; it is broken before the second one at the other end. The loop has an oval cross-section and is 5.1mm thick. The bar is decoratively twisted and has corroded to an orange-brown colour with areas of overlying mid-green corrosion product. It is slightly curved in profile.
The bar would have attached to another like it at one end, and to the ring-type cheek piece at the other. The ring then held the strap for the reins and another for the bridle.
A snaffle bit made from iron can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 69; ref. 517). Copper-alloy bits can be found in Ottaway and Rogers (2002, 2959; ref. 14687) and also on this database: CORN-446DB5, HAMP2956. The examples in the literature have been dated to around the 16th century, although a later post-medieval date cannot be ruled out. | Subjects: | snaffle | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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